horse-and-buggy

[hawrs-uh n-buhg-ee] /ˈhɔrs ənˈbʌg i/

adjective

of or pertaining to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile:

vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.

old-fashioned; outmoded:

horse-and-buggy methods.

Origin

1925-30, Americanism

Examples from the web for horse-and-buggy

If you can afford it, treat your brood to a horse-and-buggy ride.
In those horse-and-buggy days, these cities didn't have sewage treatment or even indoor plumbing.
Portions of the parkway's original alignment were designed for horse-and-buggy speeds.

Slang definitions & phrases for horse-and-buggy

adjective

Old-fashioned: a horse-andbuggy leisureliness (1927+)